Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz TMA-15M undocks from the ISS, 11 June 2015.
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2014-074A
SATCAT no.	40312
Mission duration	199d 16h 42m 46s
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz 11F732A47 No.715
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts, Jr.
Callsign	Астрей ("Astraeus")
Start of mission
Launch date	23 November 2014 21:00:14 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date	11 June 2015 13:44 UTC[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	24 November 2014 02:49 UTC
Undocking date	11 June 2015 10:20 UTC
Time docked	199 days, 7 hours, 31 minutes
(l-r) Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Virts Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-16M →

Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 43 increment, serving as an emergency escape vehicle until departing and returning to Earth as scheduled in June 2015.